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Harvard has abdicated its leadership among universities who oppose on-campus military recruiting, and that may prove to send a far-reaching signal. Higher education specialist Sheldon Steinbach has predicted that allowing military recruiters at Harvard, which has both a world-class reputation and a history of standing up to the military, could lead many other law schools to follow. This past year, any opposition to military actions has been highly unpopular. Getting Harvard to cave may be the win the military needs to pursue even further intervention on campuses around the country...
Leptin, which exercises an influence on appetite and thermogenesis, is thought to be key to maintaining this balance. For as we layer on fat, we pump out more leptin, which signals the hypothalamus that it's time to accelerate energy output and brake caloric intake. The problem is, people who gain weight have now been shown to develop a remarkable resistance to leptin's power. The fatter they get, and the more leptin they make, the more impervious the hypothalamus becomes. Eventually the hypothalamus interprets the elevated level of leptin as normal--and forever after misreads the drops in leptin...
...what happened to the stained-glass windows and the crowds of ecclesiastical statuary that a Catholic church has always brought to mind? There have been many modern churches before this one. Even so, the L.A. cathedral, the first to be built in the U.S. in 25 years, is a signal event: a sign that the cleansing operation of modern architecture has been embraced for one of the most ambitious places of Catholic worship of the new century...
Trying to determine whether a young person is suicidal can be difficult. Even trained mental-health professionals have made mistakes. But there are warning signs you can watch for in friends and loved ones that may signal more than just a simple case of the blues, such as withdrawing from all social activities, dramatic changes in personality or demeanor--including suddenly becoming much happier or calmer--significant shifts in sleeping or eating habits and giving away cherished personal items...
REINVEST EVERY CHANCE YOU GET. Dollar-cost averaging into a retirement account is most effective when the market is volatile. Investing a set amount at regular intervals ensures that you buy more shares when prices are low. The kicker: extreme price moves like now often signal a market bottom...